NEW YORK TIMES, May 28, 1919  

* NC-4 flying boat (historic aviation feat)
* Transatlantic flight (1st aircraft to achieve this)

The banner headline announces the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean: "NC-4 WINS FIRST OCEAN FLIGHT FOR AMERICA; 9 3/4 HOURS FROM PONTA DELGADA TO LISBON; HAWKER'S PLANE PICKED UP BY AMERICAN SHIP" with subheads and a related map of the route.
Pages 2 and 3 have much more on the historic flight including several photos of the plane and the commander, A. C. Read.
This event was very significant at the time being the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic, an excursion that took 19 days. But was overshadowed just a few weeks later when Alcock & Brown made the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight, and then of course the first non-stop solo flight by Lindbergh 8 years later. 
Also of interest is a page 14 article on the heroics of carrier pigeon Cher Ami, headed: "Lost Battalion Pigeon - About the Bird That Brought the Message Through".
The complete first section of 16 pages, archival strengthening at the blank spine, minimal margin wear, generally good condition.

Background: The convergence of these two stories in a single day’s news cycle underscores a profound pivot point in human history, capturing the exact moment the world transitioned from the biological limitations of the past to the mechanical velocity of the modern era. The grueling 19-day journey of the NC-4 shattered the centuries-old barrier of the Atlantic Ocean, fundamentally redefining global geography and proving that the future of international trade, diplomacy, and warfare belonged to the skies. Yet, just ten pages away, the celebration of Cher Ami’s battlefield heroics served as a poignant, parting tribute to an older world—one where vital communication still relied on the fragile wings of a biological messenger risking its life through gunfire. Together, within the pages of this newspaper, the passing of the torch is captured in real time: as the battle-scarred carrier pigeon took her final bow in public memory, the roaring engines of the Curtiss flying boat signaled the dawn of a relentless, hyper-connected aviation age that would permanently shrink the planet.